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Connect & Bind to eDirectory using LDAP and Python

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This simple function demonstrates how to do a simple connect and bind to an LDAP resource using Python and python-ldap. The parameters are: host - string representing the host (DNS name or IP address) binddn - string representing the user to bind as (i.e. "o=admin,ou=users") password - string representing the password port - port to connect on (defaults to 389)

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Function

import ldap

def connect( host, binddn, password, port=389):
    handle = ldap.open( host, port )
    if handle:
        handle.simple_bind_s( binddn, password )
        return handle
    return False

--Matt Ryan

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